From: Jens Luedicke <jens@...>
Date: 2001-01-31T09:58:51+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:10150] Re: Capturing Screen, Moving mouse

Hi there ...

It might be possible to access the Desktop using
low-level functions of Gdk/Gtk. I haven't tried it
and I don't know if it is at all possible.

> makotosu@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >Is there a way to use Ruby to control a user's desktop?  I want to be
> >able to capture the user's desktop as an image (then convert it to a
> >jpeg/gif/png) and also have Ruby automatically control the user's
> >mouse pointer and click the mouse buttons as well (like producing a
> >demo).
> 
> You might want to look at VNC:
> 
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
> 
> There is a primitive scriptable interface, see
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/rfbplaymacro/
> 
> and there may be something better available if you
> ask around.  (I think there was a scriptable ActiveX
> version but I cannot find it in a quick search.)
> 
> Also the protocol is documented and there are several
> freely available implementations you can look at in
> Java and C.
> 
> >This functionality was recently made available through Java's Robot
> >class, but I wanted to use Ruby instead.
> >
> >I'm sorry if this question has already been asked-- please point me to
> >the right place.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ben
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